r/FordEscapePHEV

The topic this time: Departure times and Cabin Prep!
I had my departure time set for this morning at 5:30 am, and the climate set to cool. Why in the name of BIll would the car turn on the heated seats and steering wheel?
Anybody know a way to disable them, maybe permanently?

Hello Friends! 2023 PHEV has been perfect until today. I’ts been 3 days since I drove it and it was completely dead. Battery tested at 4.5v which is very very unrecoverably dead. Yes, it was plugged into a level 2 charger the whole time but once the HV battery is full (or in my case at 80% since I haven’t gotten the software upgrade yet) it just disconnects and lets the 12v power the system until you do something about it. I put a charger on the post under the hood and it came back to life, but I can see the 12v battery voltage slowly going down again.

I am interested in replacing it myself with a better class of battery, but have questions about what will physically fit. The bolt for the battery hold down does not appear to have any other holes for a larger footprint? Can I really put a larger battery in there? I am definitely going to spring for the largest AGM that will fit.

in searching on this forum it seems that you folks know about getting a bigger battery to fit but I dont obviously see any post with lists or instructions? Where can I learn more about replacing the frustratingly undersized OEM batt with something new and know that it will fit when I get it home?

Any links, suggestions or pointers to the posts I missed are greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Yes, here's another letter in the mailbox again today "reminding" me that my new vehicle warranty on my 2023 Ford Escape PHEV has expired but that nevertheless IT'S NOT TOO LATE to protect my investment with a Ford Protect Extended Service Plan!!!! (Okay, I added the exclamation points here.)

Drip, drip, drip, drip, they're wearing my resistance down....

What do you say -- do I actually need an extended service plan? How did you folks handle this question? What data points did you rely on, what logic did you apply?

Called my dealership to see when the recall fix might be ready. They said the recall is in advanced notice and it should be ready August 13th.

Had started to see the system of to preserve battery message more often lately. Then while going in and out of the car to pack last week, finally had to use my jump pack. HVB relays wouldn't kick in. Happened again before even packing on the return trip.

So took the chance to move to a H6 AGM battery. Not cheap at 290 CDN from Canadian Tire. Guy wanted to give me the suggested G4 size, and a bit of a side eye when I went H6 anyways.

Only real pain was the plastic filter for the H6 bolt hole is that Christmas tree type that gets destroyed being removed. Other wise it was a straight swap. Spare tire still fits easily.

Did the 5 times HighBeam, 3 brake while in accessories mode, and for the 3 blink of the battery icon.

Was ready to change the battery type with Forscan, but it was already set to AGM. Size was also set unknown, with nothing above 600CCA, so left that as is.

Dealer offered to check it out for $75 when I called to verify it wasn't covered under ESP, lol.